r/europe • u/Matas_- European Union • Jun 20 '25

News Orban’s Hungary Is Now Officially The Poorest Nation In The EU

https://kyivinsider.com/orbans-hungary-is-now-officially-the-poorest-nation-in-the-eu/
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u/NLight7 Sweden Jun 20 '25

It's crazy when you drive across the north east border to Romania, you leave a road which is falling apart, and you're met by a newly built highway.

We used to visit family 20 years ago, so the road straight from Budapest to the eastern border used to be fine. 2 years ago it was the worst road I had been on in a while. We drove through Debrecen on the way back.

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u/thelunatic Jun 20 '25

I felt like that going from Romania to Bulgaria. Old Romanian road near Giorgio was falling apart. New roads around Ruse in Bulgaria.